GPT + UEFI Install = Fast boot?

[Sexy Red]

Am i correct in thinking so?

Currently with a 2500k @ 4.6GHz, P8P67 Pro, GTX 670 , 4GB DDR3 1333MHz
Windows 8 x 64
Crucial M4 64GB

Boot time is 30 seconds, 22 seconds = post, 8 seconds = loading windows

I am seeing people with 10 second start ups, even on some laptops, is it because they have installed in GPT and UEFI mode

Thanks

 

[mwroobel]

It depends on your board and its installed options. If you turn off your RAID OROM, any secondary controllers or anything else with a ROM BIOS you will shave off time, but just going to UEFI doesn't shave off that kind of time off. A UEFI board may startup faster than an older board, but that could just be because the old board was slower/had OROM's etc.